Humanities

The Humanities Department aims to: 

• Inculcate in Marists a love for the Humanities subjects; and 

• Develop Marists to be critical and independent thinkers prepared to face the globalised world while remaining rooted in Singapore.

To achieve the Department’s goals, the following programmes are offered:

• Lower Secondary Humanities (History & Geography)

• Upper Secondary Humanities (Social Studies, Elective Geography & History, Geography & History)

We adopt an Inquiry-Based Learning Approach in our teaching of the Humanities. It consists of four main areas of inquiry:

In the study of Humanities, our students are actively engaged in inquiry. This is best seen in a component called Geographical & Historical Investigations (GI and HI respectively).

In addition, we work with the Student Development Committee to come up with a series of Learning Journeys that have their anchor in Humanities topics and concepts. Some of the Learning Journeys we have completed include:

• NEWater Learning Journey

• Madame Tussauds Museum

• Resilience Trails

• Parliament House Visits

Marists are given the opportunities to participate in the following competitions:

• Mock United Nations Conferences

• National Stamp Competition

• Raffles Humanities Competition

• NUS Geography Challenge

• Tourism Competition